Re: [BNW] House rules package changes

["D. Jon Mattson" <dmattson@kermode.net>]

> That was the way i first saw it but , and this is only a pendantic
> subjective interpretation of the rules( but hey when are they not i
guess),
> the power says
> "Powerful: Add +5 to Strength rolls" . So as the wound allotment is not a
> strength ROLL but merely based on the Strength Attribute I would say he
> still only gets 5 wounds on each location. What do you think? and does
this
> make the package more rounded?
>

Nope, that's not the way it works.  My examples weren't just a "subjective
interpretation" but based on Matt's own comments in the errata, which make
his ruling (as official as you're going to get) pretty clear: "The Goliath
does get his Strength add for the wounds.  He's TOUGH." (8/12/99)

Now, if you mean that as a change in the rules, rather than as an existing
rules interpretation, I could see your point.  I still don't think I would
do it, though, because a change like that would affect other characters, as
well (including other who do not have balance problems under the existing
rules but would get weaker with this change).  You could just do it for the
Goliath, but that seems really arbitrary and is guaranteed to result in
complaints from the players.

Cwylric